Financial Administrator at Sanlam Private Wealth

Job description

This position is based at our offices in Welgemoed, Cape Town with our digital trading platform business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct reconciliations daily, weekly & monthly of:

  • Bank a/c

  • Fees, commissions and costs 

• Report on all financial and management information

•  Assist with the daily, weekly, monthly payments and journals

• Load fees and commission from Sanlam Private Wealth mandates.

• Assist with score administration and reporting to the Finance Team.

• Prepare information for internal management reports and circulate as required.

• Compile monthly reconciliation of Third Party Managers’ fees and commissions.

• Testing the automation of manually generated reports.

• Assist clients with admin related queries via email or telephonically.

Minimum Requirements:

• B.Com degree

• Minimum two years’ experience in a financial reporting role

• Fully Bilingual

Technical and Behavioural Competencies:

• Computer literacy (MS word, Power Point, Excel)

• Experience with Essbase or other OLAP reporting tools will be an advantage

• Experience in the financial services industry - stock broking / private client management will be beneficial

• Highly organized with a high level of customer focus

• Ability to work under pressure and flexible hours when required

• High level of customer focus

• Team Player

• Confident and analytical

• Pro-Active approach to work, clients, problem solving

•  Strong numerical orientation

• Critical and analytical capability

• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills

•  Learning agility and curiosity

•  Assertive

• Passionate ownership for results

• Accurate and detail orientated